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Hundreds of staff members have been made redundant at a disposal company after it was accused of piling up human body parts.

Healthcare Environmental Services (HES) became embroiled in a clinical waste stockpiling controversy earlier this year with the NHS, and has denied claims that human body parts were among items caught up in a backlog at its sites.

Based in North Lanarkshire, the company had contracts with the NHS in England and Scotland. However it has now informed staff at its Shotts depot that it is to cease trading.

A whistleblower at the company's Tyneside base had previously revealed that huge bags of clinical waste were being dumped at the site, causing an unbearable stench. 

Waste (pictured above) was piled up at the firm's Tyneside depot which was at the centre of the scandal

Healthcare Environment Services (HES) allowed hundreds of tonnes of waste from hospitals, including human body parts, to pile up at its facilities (pictured above is the firm's Wakefield depot)

The towers of waste (pictured above) that caused an 'unbearable' stench at Tyneside's Healthcare Environmental Services (HES) base

HES is thought to employ 150 people in Shotts and 350 across the UK. A letter from HES managing director Garry Pettigrew said: 'I apologise that there have been no previous consultations on this matter, however there are unforeseen circumstances that have proven to be out of our control.'

The company claimed that a shortage of incinerators had led to the backlog problem and it blamed 'unfair Government pressure' on the business for the redundancy notices.

The letter, which was shared on social media, claimed a bank had withheld funds 'due to pressure from political and market perception of our company'.

Managing director Garry Pettigrew (pictured) is alleged to have allowed the waste to pile up 

It read: 'As a company, we have been exploring all avenues, both politically and commercially, through enterprise schemes and sales of parts and the whole of the business to try to secure the future of the employees and the company.

'We have been given no assistance at any time, from the politicians or enterprise bodies in England or Scotland, we have been unable to resolve matters, and accordingly the company will cease trading on December 27, 2018.'

In November, HES said it was to sue the NHS organisations which terminated their contracts.

Health officials insisted the waste would not pose a threat to patients or the wider public, adding that contingency plans were being put in place (pictured above a HES lorry in Normanton)

This is while The Environment Agency had previously said the firm was found to be in breach of permits at four of its six sites in England which deal with clinical waste, and a criminal investigation was launched.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency also previously confirmed it had issued enforcement notices at sites in Dundee and Shotts.

In the redundancy notice, HES said it was unable to make payments but it directed staff to the Redundancy Payment Service to claim money owed.

Mr Pettigrew's letter said: 'The company very much regrets that it has become necessary to make redundancies and that you have been affected.

'I would like to offer my sincere apology in this regard and to thank you for your hard work and contribution to the company during your employment.'

Airdrie and Shotts SNP MP Neil Gray said: 'It seems clear that this situation could have been avoided but actions at a UK Government level have made it unavoidable.

'It is time UK ministers took some responsibility and also agreed to an independent inquiry into their handling of this whole affair.

'Alex Neil MSP and I have already written to the Scottish and UK governments asking for urgent intervention.' 

The clinical (pictured above) was built up over the course at 18 months 

 

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